We had some good photo ideas from yesterday’s hike around the Emerald Lake, so we decided to go there again and see the same in the morning light. Except, the morning light was extremely diffused, with a lot of high cloud (and a touch of smoke I’m sure). So I did a bunch of closeups and intimate scenics but nothing worth mentioning. When we had enough of it, we drove the Takakkaw Falls, which is either Canada’s highest or second highest waterfall, depends how you count. Since I won’t be able to see the contender, I choose to count this as Canada’s highest (245 metres, in case you’re interested).

We did the normal tourist thing and walked to the foot of the falls, but weren’t happy with the photo ops there. It’s not so easy looking straight up at them anyway. We figured that we could get better views from the opposites side of the valley, so we took the trail up from the Whisky Jack hostel where we were booked for the night.

And sure enough, it was better – way better! When the sun came out, it created a rainbow in the spray of the falls. I know from other pictures I’ve seen from the falls that the rainbow can be much more glorious, but I’ll take what I get. The light was patchy, which helped to create a bit of mood in the image.